BeatRoute Magazine B.C. print e-edition - September 2016

THE BRETT MARTIN SHOW
a promising existential attempt at Canadian late night talk
Canada has a rich culture and
vibrant entertainment scene
but oddly enough Canada only
ever had one late night talk show: The
Mike Bullard Show. It was short-lived
and there’s almost been a decade-long
scramble in the comedy community
to be the Canadian comedian who
cracks the missing talk show formula.
Every major city has their version of a
local variety show and some people
get really close…Paul Anthony’s
“Talent Time” at the Rio has fantastic
production value and manages
to air on Shaw TV once a month. The
Brett Martin Show promises none of
this. “Ummm… we’re gonna have like
a monologue, a desk, some sketches
and probably swearing,” Brett Martin
explains, sounding like he is writing the
show between sips of whiskey. “Unlike
The Daily Show or The Colbert Report,
no one is walking out of the show more
intelligent than when they entered.”
Martin will be the host and he will
have his co-host (fellow comedian
Sam Tonning) and several special
guests joining him. “We tried to get
Trudeau, then we tried for the mayor
of Vancouver… at this point we’ll
probably just interview a guy with a
horse mask.” Martin assures us the
show will be a planned night of fuckery,
a carnival of dumb, or his newest
failure; but his 14-year comedy career
suggests otherwise. Martin is one of
Vancouver’s top headlining acts: he
has a TV special, album and tours the
country year round. His demeanour,
which effortlessly parallels The Dude
from The Big Lebowski, has long prevented
self-produced vanity projects
making it exciting to see exactly what
he may be up to with this show.
The Brett Martin Show may prove
to be a perfect vehicle for his abilities
as Brett’s award winning headlining
sets are free flowing and conversational
in nature. There are currently
no non-stand-up shows running out
of Yuk Yuk’s so to have the club open
on a Sunday to let Brett do his thing
demonstrates industry confidence
that Martin knows what he’s doing
(despite the fact he assures us he
doesn’t know what he is doing). The
show will be edgy fun as both Martin
and co-host Tonning, while very
intelligent and socially conscious,
have never expressed any interest in
political correctness in their comedy
stylings, often going for top-notch
shock humour.
Catch The Brett Martin Show live September
11th at Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club.
No really. Brett Martin knows what he’s doing.
by Victoria Banner
THAT FILTHY SHOW
showing us the right kind of wrong while sporting a strap-on
by Jennie Orton
When David DJ Roy
recounts his favourite
moments of That Filthy
Show’s past, his eyes twinkle with a
devilish, mischievousness confidence
that’s steeped in a well-earned sense
of self. Roy is the Puck of Vancouver’s
Downtown Eastside; a resident
and member of the community for
years, Roy has seen the highs and
lows of the world down here and has
managed to emerge, not only with
a wicked sense of humour, but also
find a community of like minds to
share that humour with him.
“It is a safe place to be offended,”
Roy says of The Filthy Show,
a monthly blood- and vulgarity-soaked
variety show featuring
comedy, music, and burlesque
that has just acquired its new
home at Pat’s Pub.
“It gives me a place to be me
and other artists a place to be
themselves too.”
Other artists like the Vancouver
burlesque community’s resident
massacre artist Bloody Betty. Betty
and Roy have worked together on
many of the Filthy Shows and that
union has yielded many of Roy’s
favourite moments.
“She brings the right kind of wrong,”
says Roy. “We make a good team. My
strengths and her strengths complement
each other. And she’s fun to drink
with too.”
For a taste of what to expect at That
Filthy Show, behold one of Roy’s favourite
memories: He and Betty decided
to co-host a show as each other. Roy
performed a burlesque act as Betty,
complete with stockings and black tape
pasties, set to both traditional and punk
versions of the West Side Story number “I
Feel Pretty.” If you think this performance
didn’t end with Roy sporting a strap on
and hosting a “Cock Ring Toss” contest,
then you don’t know Filthy.
The show has featured acts like
Stevie Sleezburger, Lisa Person,
Pickles LaVey, Brandy Blue, and Jenny
Magenta to name a few. Each bill is
always a who’s who of the swaggering
no-fucks given elite of low brow,
high concept, guts on the dance
David DJ Roy and friends show how fun the gutter can be
floor, eastside Vancouver arts scene.
The result is a night that is not for
the faint of heart but definitely for
those who like their comedy merciless,
their dancing girls breathing fire
with blood on their teeth, and their
music crazy loud.
There are only two rules, according
to Roy: “Have it come from a
positive place; and no racism.”
Check out the next That Filthy Show
at Pat’s Pub on September 15th
where the featured acts will be
Bloody Betty, music by Pub 340’s
ukulele sporting darling MacKenzie,
and comedy by Andrew Fox
and Buck Moody. $10 at the door.
24 COMEDY
September 2016